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    "id": 449580,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/449580/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo)",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, there is a matter that has been lingering on for a very long time, and I think this House needs to pronounce itself on it; unless that is done, we may be seen to be legislating in vain. It is now over two-and-a- half years since we passed the Engineers Bill. That Act is very clear that it needs regulations to govern it. I have been raising this matter so many times, but those regulations are not coming here, and this failure affects quite a large section of the community. This is important; it is not right for this House to pass a law and two-and-a-half years later, that law cannot be implemented. It really shows laxity on the part of the people who should prepare these regulations. As a House, we must now pronounce ourselves on this matter because we need to get synergy from other arms of Government; the way things are happening now, it is starting to look like other arms of Government are frustrating the efforts of this House in making laws. This is the matter that I wanted to raise because it concerns a large section of Kenya. There are huge projects going on which are supposed to be covered by this House, but the Act cannot come into operation until rules and regulations come to this House."
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